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Rh Wonderful Thy word, wonderful Thy knowledge ; Wonderful Thy creatures, wonderful their species ; Wonderful their forms, wonderful their colours ; Wonderful the animals which wander naked ; Wonderful Thy wind ; wonderful Thy water ; Wonderful Thy fire which sporteth wondrously ; Wonderful the earth, wonderful the sources of production ; Wonderful the pleasures to which mortals are attached ; Wonderful is meeting, wonderful parting from Thee ; Wonderful is hunger, wonderful repletion ; Wonderful Thy praises, wonderful Thy eulogies ; Wonderful the desert, wonderful the road ; Wonderful Thy nearness, wonderful Thy remoteness ; Wonderful to behold Thee present. Beholding these wonderful things I remain wondering. Nanak, they who understand them are supremely fortunate.

By Thy power we see, by Thy power we hear, by Thy power we fear, or enjoy the highest happiness ; By Thy power were made the nether regions and the heavens ; by Thy power all creation ; By Thy power were produced the Veds, the Purans, the Muhammadan books, and by Thy power all compositions ; By Thy power we eat, drink, and clothe ourselves ; by Thy power springeth all affection ; By Thy power are the species, genera, and colours of creatures ; by Thy power are the animals of the world. 1 By Thy power are virtues ; by Thy power are vices : by Thy power, honour and dishonour ; 2

1 Also translated By Thy power vas created animate and inanimate nature.

2 Man abhman. The latter word is for apman, as so often in the Granth Sahib. Compare man abhiman madhe so sewak tij/itn, He who hath regard for honour or dishonour is not a holy man.